It's the Rage: Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels, Robert Forster, Andre Braugher, Gary Sinise, Bokeem Woodbine, Anna Paquin, Wayne Morse, David Schwimmer, Josh Brolin, January Jones, Deborah Offner, James D. Stern, Abbie Phillips, Adam Del Deo, Anne McCarthy, Ash R. Shah, Christopher Ball, Gary Levinsohn, Keith Reddin: Amazon.ca: Video

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No, it's the cast. A homeowner (Jeff Daniels) shoots an intruder, who turns out to be his business partner. A police officer (Robert Forster) suspects a setup. His wife (Joan Allen), who didn't know they even had a gun in the house, she gets a job with a reclusive computer billionaire (Gary Sinise). The billionaire's former assistant (Josh Brolin) has left the company to work in the movies, and he falls for a street waif (Anna Paquin). Daniels's lawyer (André Braugher), who is gay, also falls for the waif, much to the chagrin of his unstable partner (David Schwimmer) as well as the waif's unstable brother (Giovanni Ribisi). Based on a play by Chicago playwright Keith Reddin (who also wrote the screenplay) and directed by theater director turned first-time movie director James D. Stern, It's the Rage never transcends its theatrical roots. Instead of a character type, each person in the story represents a different (but equally shallow) facet of rage. It's all just an elaborate setup to preach about gun control and how our society is increasingly a society of rage. What the world needs, the movie is saying, is a little more self- control and understanding. Obviously, what it also needs is a better use of such a talented cast. --Andy Spletzer

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4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT Performances by all the cast & director but NO Message, July 29 2003

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Jose Bay (Pour Le Monde) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's the Rage (DVD)

This movie ain't that bad as portrayed by the amazon reviwers on this site. I thought all the actors were superb. The shoplifter from X Men showed another dimension I never knew she had. All in all every actor was solid here and I adored them all.

The film, what with being coined as an anti-gun satire or commentary didn't really hit a chord with this viewer. But never the less it did have a strong plot.

I patcularly liked Gary Sinies's character complaining about a common problem in todays society - too much information. Also the special effects in his billionaires house's many TV Screens were great and hi-tech.

There was a couple of times I laughed during this movie btw.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Scattershot, Jan 31 2003

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Based on a play (which I've never seen), "It's the Rage" follows an ensemble of coincidentally linked characters either perpetrating or victimized by gun violence of all kinds. The ultimate message-a gun is the only thing separating an ordinary but otherwise stressed out person from becoming a murderer-seems reasonable. But the film's flashy and shallow textures undercut its own serious agenda. Or maybe it's the other way around. In either case, "It's the Rage" may be intriguing on its Tarantino-esque surface and commendable for its anti-gun social message, but the film can't help but fail as these two impulses fight it out. Ultimately, "It's the Rage is bloodless in every sense of the word.

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5.0 out of 5 stars ...brilliant!!!, Sep 24 2002

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isellsmacktokids (little rock arkansas) - See all my reviews

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a lot of people miss the point labeling this as anti-gun propaganda. its not saying "guns are bad, dont use guns", its making fun of the cheesy crime movies meant to portray human nature and street life and all that mess. there's all these movies beating the same cliche characters into the ground... this movie takes EVERY cliche crime movie character you have EVER seen and puts them all in a big gun totin wad

if you dont instantly label it as one of those "guns kill people" movies, you should have a great time watching it, its just a beautiful movie man, absolutely beautiful

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